When his gaze crossed over Homelander and saw that massive fortress built of black steel still towering in the distance,
Darkseid's tense nerves relaxed slightly.
Fortunately, the fortress was still there.
As long as the Dark Fortress had not completely collapsed, his foundation remained.
"As long as I kill this Earthling and take back the mother box..."
Darkseid calculated rapidly in his heart, the slight panic in his eyes gradually replaced by ruthlessness.
"Even if Apokolips is destroyed, so what?"
"I can completely transform a second or third Apokolips! I think Earth looks quite good!"
But the next moment.
In his long divine life, the most terrifying, absurd, and soul-crushing thing happened.
Beneath the pair of terrifying eyes on the surface of Apokolips, accompanied by a deafening sound of tectonic plates tearing, an unfathomably deep canyon split open, just like a giant mouth.
"Hoo hoo—"
Following a dull, low roar from the depths of the Planet's core.
A massive tongue composed of a mixture of deep blue energy and rock strata shot out from the depths of the ground like lightning.
This tongue was as flexible as a giant cosmic python, wrapping tightly around the entire Dark Fortress.
"Crack!!! Snap!"
The giant tongue retracted violently, the sound of breaking echoing through the sky.
That Dark Fortress, which symbolized the highest power of Apokolips, was forcibly uprooted from its foundation!
Then, the giant tongue coiled around the fortress and retracted directly into that terrifying abyss of a mouth.
The giant mouth closed.
"Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!"
Between heaven and Earth, a rhythmic chewing sound could be heard.
Darkseid stood blankly on the spot.
His outstretched hand froze in mid-air, his mouth slightly agape.
His home Planet had eaten his home.
And it crunched satisfyingly.
Homelander looked at the stunned Darkseid, flew forward, stopped beside Darkseid, and reached out to pat the stiff shoulder of this tyrant.
"Don't be sad, buddy," Homelander kindly comforted, "At least your home Planet ate happily, didn't it?"
Darkseid did not reply, as if he had petrified.
The veins that had originally flowed like lava beneath his gray skin now became much dimmer.
That was the physical manifestation of his divine anchor being severed.
The Dark Fortress was not just a few pieces of hard stone and steel; it was the core hub of his rule over the multiverse.
For ten thousand years, he had conquered thousands of galaxies, stamping the brand of Apokolips deep into the souls of countless living beings.
The fear, despair, and wailing on those Planets gathered into invisible rivers of energy, crossing the dimensions of the Universe, finally pouring into the anchor of the Dark Fortress, nourishing his supreme dark godhood.
Now, that river was severed.
In Darkseid's mind, the star map coordinate network composed of countless conquered Planets, like a server with its power cut, fell into darkness in large patches.
He could no longer hear the wailing of those slaves working in the fire pits, nor could he feel that feeling of being filled throughout his body, which made him feel that his divine power was endless.
Ten thousand years of effort, destroyed in an instant.
Even if he turned back right now and started conquering again, having lost all his coordinates and resources, who knew how many eras it would take to restore today's glory!
"You..."
Darkseid slowly turned his head to look at Homelander beside him.
His facial muscles twisted violently, and the thick veins on his neck throbbed.
"You destroyed everything I have!!"
A heaven-shaking roar erupted from that massive body.
Darkseid lunged forward, his fist carrying boundless rage, smashing towards Homelander's head.
Homelander didn't even bother to open his eyes to look at him.
At this moment, he was stepping on Apokolips, which had already been more than half assimilated by Ego, and the massive planetary energy was pouring into his body continuously.
He didn't need to activate "Injustice Mode", nor did he need to use system enhancements; relying solely on his base attributes, his strength had already reached a terrifying level that made people's hair stand on end.
Facing Darkseid's sandbag-sized fist, Homelander just nonchalantly raised his right hand and opened his five fingers.
"Slap!" A dull Impact sound.
Darkseid's fist stopped steadily in the palm of Homelander's hand, unable to move forward even a millimeter.
A powerful Impact exploded at the intersection of their palms, scraping a thick layer off the black rock ground below.
"Use some strength," Homelander sneered, "It's limp, didn't you eat?"
Darkseid's eyes widened, and dense Omega Beams gathered in his eye sockets.
"Die!!!"
Homelander did not back down, his eyes also lighting up with crimson light.
"Szzzz—!"
Heat Vision and Omega Beams collided fiercely at an extremely close distance, the blinding light completely swallowing their figures, and the high temperature drained the surrounding air, forming a vacuum zone.
But the stalemate only lasted less than a second.
The Heat Vision in Homelander's eyes not only had terrifying temperature but also had the energy of the entire Apokolips as backing.
The red beam of light, with the force of destroying dry weeds and smashing rotten wood, pushed back against the Omega Beams and slammed fiercely onto Darkseid's face.
"Ugh ah—!"
Darkseid let out a scream, his whole body blasted backward by this huge force.
Homelander did not give him a chance to breathe.
His figure flashed, appearing below Darkseid; he slightly bent his right fist, and an uppercut slammed heavily into Darkseid's abdomen.
"Thud!"
Darkseid spat out blood, arching like a shrimp, his body involuntarily rushing upwards.
Homelander did not stop for a moment, flashing again above Darkseid, clasping his hands into fists, raising them high, and smashing them fiercely down onto Darkseid's back.
"Bang!"
Darkseid, like a gray meteorite, smashed straight into the ground.
The hard black steel rock layer was smashed into a huge deep pit with a diameter of hundreds of meters, and spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly in all directions.
Before the dust could disperse, Homelander brought his legs together and, like a hypersonic missile, stomped straight onto Darkseid's waist!
"Boom—!"
The deep pit collapsed another hundred meters downward.
"Ora ora ora ora ora!!"
Homelander's fists fell on Darkseid like a rainstorm, each strike accompanied by a deafening sonic boom.
Darkseid's skin began to crack inch by inch under Homelander's violent blows, seeping out dark red divine blood.
"Aren't you the strongest New God? Aren't you the nightmare of the Universe?"
While throwing punches, Homelander ruthlessly trampled on the other party's dignity with his words.
"Show me some real skill, Darkseid! With this little ability, you're not even enough for me to warm up!"
The final heavy tiger-style kick slammed into Darkseid's chin.
Accompanied by a crisp sound of bone cracking, Darkseid tumbled hundreds of times in the air, finally falling heavily onto the scorched Earth a thousand meters away from Homelander.
At this moment, the tyrant of the Universe was miserable to the extreme.
Not only was he unrecognizable, but his blood-covered body was covered in cracked wounds.
He lay facing the sky, his eyes slightly closed, his chest rising and falling imperceptibly, as if he had lost all consciousness and ability to resist.
Homelander slowly descended from mid-air, looking down at the limp Darkseid on the ground, muttering to himself.
"Is this the tyrant of the Universe?